Christmas Eve 2021 In Aceh Walk Safely

BANDA ACEH - Aceh Police Chief Inspector General Ahmad Haydar stated that Christmas Eve celebrations in various regions in Aceh Province have so far been running safely.

"For the time being, the implementation of Christmas in the Aceh region is still safe," said Inspector General Ahmad Haydar, in Banda Aceh, quoted by Antara, Friday, December 24 night.

This was conveyed by the Aceh Police Chief when he visited the security post for Christmas 2021 and New Year 2022 in the grounds of the Sacred Heart Parish Catholic Church in Banda Aceh.

Haydar said, in securing the 2021 Christmas celebration, his party had deployed approximately one thousand personnel in various churches in the land of Rencong.

"There are approximately a thousand of our members carrying out security at various churches in Aceh. We are ready to provide security for both Christmas and New Year," he said.

According to the Aceh Police Chief, they also cannot state that there are safe and unsafe areas, but that all of them must be categorized as vulnerable.

"If all of us can't say everything is safe, we say everything is vulnerable, so we are always ready to do security," said Haydar.

Haydar also stated that the Christian congregation in Aceh in celebrating Christmas has reduced the number of people, or only attended about 60 percent of each session. On average, some of them enter in the afternoon and evening.

"This means that they themselves have implemented the prokes. But for security we are always ready, meaning we must not underestimate (underestimate)," said Inspector General Ahmad Haydar.